1906. 
697 
CODLING MOTH ON FENCE PICKET. 
I enclose a photograph of a picket from 
a fence around a chicken yard in this 
town. In the yard is an old crab apple 
tree that has become infested with the 
Codling moth. The first brood has come 
out of the apple, and crawled not only 
under the burlap bands we had put 
around the tree, but also on the fence 
pickets and chicken houses. Altogether 
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CODLING MOTH ON FENCE PICKET. 
Fig. 296. 
we hunted out 500 in this one yard, which 
goes to show the difficulties encountered 
by a fruit inspector in trying to clean out 
a pest like the Codling moth from a town 
orchard. Three sprayings in the early 
part of the season had very little effect in 
cleaning up this tree, so great were the 
number of moths wintering in these chicken 
buildings. However, this is the last town 
in Montana that the inspectors have not 
got the whip hand of the moth, much to 
the benefit of the country fruit men. 
Montana. h. c. b. colvill. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
BABY COVERED WITH SORES. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Copi’kb production in this country for the 
current year will amount to about 1,005,- 
000,000 pounds. Montana produces one-third 
of Hi is. Arizona comes next and the Lake 
Superior section third. 
Duiu no the past nine years the U. S. 
Bureau of Fisheries hatched and distributed 
over 10,000,000,000 fishes, 'illip Is one of 
the most interesting and practical of all 
public works, and as our population in¬ 
creases Increased distribution of fish fry and 
eggs will be needed to prevent total extinc¬ 
tion of many kinds of fish. 
Lac is the product of an insect inhabiting 
the banyan trees of India. The coating is 
found on twigs and bark, and when melted 
and purified gives the shellac of commerce. 
The United Slates now uses more shellac 
than any other country, its Imports from 
India during the past year amounting to 
nearly .$1,800,000. The price varies from 
$600 to $900 per gross ton. 
The open season for game is approaching, 
but a careful reading of the revised game 
laws leads to the conclusion that the only 
safe plan is to look the other way when 
you meet any game birds or animals, to 
avoid violating the law. For seven days in 
October Vermont hunters may shoot deer 
that have horns three inches or more long. 
Thus in many cases It would seem necessary 
to catch the deer and measure his horns 
before shooting him, a proceeding that 
should thrill every sportsman. But in 
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut 
and Massachusetts deer must not be killed 
under any circumstances. If one of these 
animals steals a specially choice seed 
ear from the garden corn patch or walks Into 
the kitchen and helps himself to a pumpkin 
pie, the owner may say scat or shoo, pro¬ 
vided It: is done mildly, but should the deer 
have heart disease and drop dead on the 
premises as the result of said scat or shoo, 
there would be a fine to pay. Nearly all 
States now forbid export of game from 
their borders, even though killed lawfully 
More or less is smuggled through in disguised 
packages and finds sale in the larger mar¬ 
kets, but the process is risky, and no ex¬ 
press compauy will receive such stuff know¬ 
ingly. The game protectors of New York 
State have also made very rigid rulings on 
the subject of millinery feathers, but we see 
every day women wearing aigrettes which 
should make them liable to a fine of $25, 
apparently serenely unconscious of any re¬ 
pressive measure. Just why a women who 
thus abets the starvation of helpless nest¬ 
lings should be above the law, while the 
farmer who asks permission to protect Ills 
crops is made to feel its full severity we are 
unable to understand. The U. S. Department 
of Agriculture has summarized the game 
laws in Farmers’ Bulletin No. 2G5, Game 
Laws for 1906, which will be sent free while 
the supply lasts. 
Growers of farm products are taking more 
active interest than ever in the sale of their 
goods. Many of them are looking up condi¬ 
tions in (lie large markets, either for them¬ 
selves or in flic interest of some producers’ 
association, 'trying to work up some plan by 
which they may get a little nearer to the 
people who use their goods. I just met a 
man who has been in New York for a week 
on fids errand. Naturally the commission 
men do not look favorably toward any at¬ 
tempt to take business out of their hands, 
and they are strong enough, know all the 
in and out of the business and hang to¬ 
gether well enough to make things lively for 
the individual or association that might 
start in with the avowed purpose of crowd¬ 
ing them out. It Is wise for producers to 
keep on good terms witli them if possible. 
Yet the number of what may lie called half 
snide commission houses in tills city Is in¬ 
creasing, men who keep themselves within 
the law, but have a disposition to beat cus¬ 
tomers that would do credit to a full-blood 
Baxter street clothier. Nine-tenths of the 
complaints received at this office are about 
this wing of the trade, and it is like pulling 
teeth to get a claim adjusted. The time 
is coming when producers will have to pro¬ 
tect themselves from this gang. One effec¬ 
tive way is to find some of the square men 
in the trade and stick to them, no matter 
what others may promise. Many shippers 
have been doing this for five years-or more 
with an excellent average of returns. But 
there is another plan which seems certain to 
lie worked out in time. The Grange has been 
successful in buying supplies to advantage for 
its members. Why not sell the goods its 
members have to dispose of? The Grange 
usually gets what it demands and does what 
it sets out to do. because it works on care¬ 
ful, common sense, conservative lines. In 
tills very conservatism Is its power. When 
the State and National Granges have thor¬ 
oughly worked out this selling business, prod¬ 
uce dealers will have .to do the square tiling 
or “stand from under.” The organization 
will be ready to establish Grange stores for 
the sale of their products in all large mar¬ 
kets if necessary. w. w. H. 
Back-furrowed Strawberries. —I am car¬ 
rying over about six acres, and in such a 
s'eason as this it is no light job. I am clean¬ 
ing out the weeds for the third time now. 
Part of these have been fruited two years, 
mostly Gandy and Wm. Belt. 1 had the best 
returns from strawberries in many years. 
New York. Walter f. taber. 
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MASON FENCE CO. Box 67, Leesburg, Q> 
Cream Raisers 
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Unless 
Hands Were Tied—“Would Have 
Hied Hut For Cuticura.” 
“My little son, when about a year and 
a half old, began to have sores come out 
on his face. I had a physician treat hitn, 
but the sores grew worse. Then they be¬ 
gan to come on his arms, then on other 
parts of his body, and then one came on 
Ids chest, worse than the others. Then I 
called another physician. Still he grew 
worse. At the end of about a year and a 
half of suffering he grew so bad I had to 
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep 
him from scratching the sores and tearing 
the flesh. lie got to be a mere skeleton, 
and was hardly able to walk. My aunt 
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and 
Ointment. I sent to the drug store and 
got a cake of the Soap and a box of the 
Ointment, and at the end of about two 
months the sores were all well. He has 
never had any sores of any kind since. 
He is now strong and healthy, and I can 
sincerely say that only for your most 
wonderful remedies my precious child 
would have died from those terrible sores. 
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon, R. F. D., No. 1, 
Woodville, Conn., April 22 , 1905.” 
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II Amu the valves as well as shut them 
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ABOUT ROOFING. 
No roofing which contains tar or paper 
can resist weather conditions. 
The tar soon melts, the paper soon rots 
and leaks soon result. 
Rain water running from a tar roof 
becomes tainted and should not he used 
for domestic purposes. 
Ruberoid is a roofing which contains 
no tar or paper, will not melt or rot and 
is tasteless and odorless. 
A siding and roofing for barns, poultry 
houses, etc., should be air-tight to keep 
out draughts and cold in the winter 
and heat in summer. 
When selecting a roofing, ask your 
dealer if the name of the roofing is 
stamped on the under side of the sheet as 
a guarantee of quality. Otherwise you are 
likely to be imposed upon by a poor ma¬ 
terial which wil 1 soon wear out and which 
the manufacturers do not guarantee. 
Ask your dealer to show you letters from 
people who have had a certain roofing in 
constant use for from ten to fifteen years. 
That will he your most reliable assurance 
of its durability. 
Ruberoid is an air-tight roofing which 
excludes cold and dampness as well as 
Summer heat. 
The manufacturers of Ruberoid Roof¬ 
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“ KUI$EKOlD ,, on underside of the 
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you do so at your own risk. 
Insist upon getting Ruberoid Roofing. 
Tell your dealer to show you letters 
proving that the first Ruberoid roofs laid, 
fifteen years ago, are still giving satis¬ 
factory service. 
Ruberoid is the only roofing which can 
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